by Dwight Mihalicz | Jun 8, 2018 | Dwight Mihalicz
It was a sad moment to see the headline in to-day’s Times (The Times, London, June 7, 2018) as I was returning on a flight home from Europe:Amnesty official ‘killed himself over work stress’ The article explained how a 65 year-old employee of this...
by Dwight Mihalicz | Feb 22, 2018 | Dwight Mihalicz
Effective Managers do 5 things incredibly well. They Plan, they Do their value added work, they Set Context and Boundaries, they Delegate, and the set up Feedback loops. Coaching is an invaluable tool for managers in their managerial leadership work, and especially in...
by Dwight Mihalicz | May 11, 2017 | Dwight Mihalicz
Once upon a time in the woods there lived a family of skunks. There was a mother skunk, a father skunk, and twin boy skunks. The mother’s name was Up, the father’s name was Down, and the twin boys were named In and Out.Because it was dangerous in the woods, the mother...
by Dwight Mihalicz | Aug 25, 2016 | CEOs, Dwight Mihalicz
Our research, in partnership with the Telfer School of Business, has developed a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of managers. It shows that managers in a cross section of various sized organizations report spending only 55% of their time on value-added work....
by Dwight Mihalicz | May 9, 2016 | Dwight Mihalicz, Managers
How often have you heard a colleague manager brag about how “liberated” her team members are?  Or how he insists his team brings him only solutions, not problems? Or that management isn’t that hard because each team member is empowered to make decisions. As a...